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Tree is 10 yrs old and thriving. It's about 15' tall and very slender. We live in the mouth of the Columbia Gorge, which means cold winds and ice storms in winter and hot dry winds (100 deg plus) in summer.

We have three of these very healthy, beautiful trees. Even with the strong eastern winter winds that come across the frozen lake , they survive and survive well. I only wish that I knew how to prune one of them that seems to have a wayward mind of its own.

This may be the nicest of the weeping beech as it does not have to be staked. It sends out a leader on its own. Very nice form and color. If places in the right setting this plant can also grow fairly fast.